Teachers are being driven out of the classroom by a "Victorian" education system and unruly kids, a former educator has claimed.
She says standards have slipped so much she finds herself teaching maths and English to kids who don't know the days of the week. And the "power struggle" between helpless senior teaching staff and unruly pupils means lessons are often abandoned due to misbehaviour.She thinks the answer is to totally overhaul the curriculum - to focus more on "useful" learning - like cooking, business and enterprise - and not "abstract" concepts like algebra.
"GCSEs are going over these children's heads. Children are having to repeat their GCSEs in maths and English at least nine times whilst taking A Levels because up to a third of students fail to get to a grade four at GCSE. "Compare this to other societies where that level of disrespect wouldn't happen, and yet we still expect the same results. I just thought I can't keep doing this.
"There was one time I left the classroom because the disruption was so bad. Students were in and out, running around the classroom, and messing around. They told us to stop the lesson. I just thought I can't keep doing this.
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